What a Difference Three Months Can Make!

So, last week I rounded out the end of my second trimester and have officially begun the last leg of this pregnancy. My friend Jennifer has been waiting patiently for photos of my giant belly and at last, I have something for her to see!

While at first glance, these may seem like before and after photos, in fact the first photo was taken three months after conception. It looks comparatively good to me these days. However, I'm not keen to repeat the nausea and heartburn that kept me from gaining any weight during those three months any time soon.

The second photo was taken about a week ago and is a fair representation of my status these days. I have officially reached the point at which I graze things with my belly without meaning to and strangers ask me when I'm due (amongst other things - like, will I be breast feeding, do I know the gender, do I have names picked, etcetera)

I was going to include the long list of possible side-effects (for lack of a better term) of this stage of pregnancy as outlined in What to Expect When You're Expecting but frankly some of them are a bit yucky and anyone who is interested can probably look it up on their own. In any case, I have been fairly fortunate thus far, in that I haven't suffered any of the positively gruesome and horrific things that can happen to a person when they are pregnant, and - touch wood - it will stay that way.

As for everything else, it all seems to be on hold. The furniture for the nursery has not yet arrived, though it has been ordered. We have not yet gone to register or even look at anything remotely useful for babies, such as a stroller, etc. though my sister-in-law is keenly intent on having us "shop" in their basement-full of kiddie crap before we go and get anything, so I'm not feeling nervous about any of it yet. I suppose the only thing we're really going to need is a car seat and a snow suit to bring the little monkey home in! Neither of which seems like a pressing issue with three months still to go.

I'm sure that I'm neglecting something obvious in the way of preparations, but for now, ignorance is bliss... and I'm going to enjoy it while I can.